View helper for generating a fully configured A tag

lib/bootstrap-editable-rails/view_helper.rb

@@ -4,5 +4,58 @@ module ViewHelper
     def textarea_format(text)
       html_escape(text).gsub(/\r\n|\r|\n/, '<br>').html_safe
     end
+
+    # Returns a fully configured A tag for +object+, accessing the
+    # attribute +method+, using +type+ as supported by the JS
+    # library. Additional +options+ can be passed:
+    #
+    # "url" sets the URL to post data to manually, the default
+    # is automatically derived from +object+.
+    #
+    # "title" sets the title for the popup, it is also applied
+    # to the A tag itself.
+    #
+    # A block can be passed to generate the HTML content, it
+    # defaults to the output of calling +method+ on +object+.
+    #
+    # If +type+ is set to "textarea", it will automatically pass
+    # the result of +method+ on +object+ through the textformat
+    # helper. This does not apply if a block is given.
+    #
+    # All other options will be passed to generating the A tag.
+    # Defaults for A tag attributes "id" can "class" are generated
+    # automatically but can be overridden.
+    def inplace_editor_for object, method, type, options = {}
+      options = options.dup
+
+      url = options.delete(:url) { object }
+      url = url_for(url) unless url.is_a? String
+      object = object.last if object.is_a? Array
+
+      id = "#{dom_id(object)}_#{method.to_s}"
+      klass = "#{dom_class(object)}_#{method.to_s}"
+      title = options.fetch(:title) { id.humanize }
+
+      data = {
+        type: type.to_s,
+        resource: object.class.to_s.underscore,
+        name: method.to_s,
+        original_title: title,
+        url: url
+      }
+
+      options.reverse_merge! id: id, class: ['editable', klass, options.delete(:class)].compact
+      options.deep_merge! data: data
+
+      if block_given?
+        text = capture { yield(object) }.html_safe
+      else
+        text = object.public_send method
+        text = textarea_format(text) if 'textarea' == type.to_s
+      end
+
+      content_tag :a, text, options
+    end
+
   end
 end